Western cyclone., 1887-04-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES


been Knighted by the King of Italy.
Asbury Roberts, proprietor of a second
hand store at Nation. ILL.,, committed sui
eide by shooting Monday
William Fields, captain of the United
States Indian police, was killed near Eu-
faula on Sunday last, by thief named Cum
ming.
A tribunal at Odessa sentenced Lieut..
Goreff to eight years hard labor in the mines
of Siberia for distributing revolutionary cir
culars.
Thousands of Washington children rolled
Easter eggs on the White House grounds on
Monday, in accordance with an ancient Gus
tom, and shook hands with the President.
The Athletics Monday defeated the Phila-
delphia League club S to 0; Boston beat Bal
timore to 5; Pittsburg thrashed Buffalo II
to 2; and Cincinnati worsted Indianapolis. 9
to5.
Twenty-one frame dwellings at Spring
Gardenborough, near Allegheny, Pa, were
burned Monday afternoon, rendering thirty
five families homeless. Many of the people
barely escaped with their lives The loss is
about $4,000 with little insurance
Mrs. Lizzie Herbert, aged S5, wife of a
switchman, living at Joliet, H., has been in
trance for three months 1t is with diff
Guilty that fluids are forced into her mouth,
and she is reduced to skeleton. The ply
sicians have agreed that it is case of cata-
lepsy.
While a fire was in progress Monday night
in building at New York, occupied by fur
niture firms, two tiremen fell down an eleva-
COr shaft and two others were overcome by
sm0Ea and racer, al in an oo,,I;
ton. One fireman was badly hurt and
another had leg broken.
In riot between Hungarians, Poles, and
Swedes Sunday night at Denver, Col, one
man was fatally shot and several badly
wounded. Two houses were completely
wrecked during the melee, the furniture and
other utensils being broken and used as
weapons. The police, armed with Winches-
tiers, quelled the riot and landed thirty of
the comhatan is in Jail
Prof. Capen predicts earthquakes in the Vi.
entity Of Washington early next week.
The heaviest crop for many years is pre-
dicted by peach-growers in New Jersey.
The second ball game between the Chicago
and St Louis clubs resulted in victory for
the latter, the score being Z to-
The late Miss Catherine L. Wolfe, of New
York, bequeathed to the opolitanMuseum
of Art her collection of pictures and Goo, 900
In cash.
The illinois Central road has purchased
control OF the Dubuque g. Sioux City ct $50
per share, and now own all the lines In Iowa
heretofore leased by it.
The charges preferred by the Chicago
Civil-Service league against Collector See
berger are about to be investigated by Com
missioners Edgerton and Lyman.
The Knights of labor at Chicago propose
to take hand in the carpenters strike and
secure the acceptance Of the masters eight
hour proposition and 80 cents an hour.
At Hamilton, Ohio, yesterday, John Hib-
ner, Jr., assaulted Sheriff st. Clair, who shot
him in the breast, inhicting a fatal wound.
The senior Hibner was defeated at the polls
by Mr.. st. Clair.
Mrs. NJ. j. Russell, formerly principal of a
female college in Toronto, was yesterday ar
rested in Chicago for begging, at the instance
of Gen. Chetlain, who claims to have been
greatly annoyed by her.
A. c. Mcneil of Chicago, having tired of
fighting the gambling houses through justices
of the peace and constables, is about to apply
to Judge Gary for warrants, and to ask that
they be served by the sheriff.
The will executed in 1879 by Wilbur F.
Storey has been offered for probate In Chi
cago. The testimony of one of the wit
nesses, j. Edward Chamberlain, was taken,
when the case was continued to April Is.
Livestock freights eastward from Chicago
remain substantially the same as before the
Interstate Commerce law took effect. 1t is
said that the rate on distillery cattle from
Peoria has been advanced from $40 to ~
per car.
F. A. Ebersold, chief of police of Chicago,
recently requested the Aldermen, present and
elect, to send him nominations for fifty addi-
tional patrolmen. Mayor Harrison ordered
the papers sent to his desk, and made the
selections himself
The Michigan Central and Lake Shore
roads are about to issue circulars withdraw
ing from sale the tickets Of the boycotted
lines. 1t is rumored that the St Paul system
will decline TO pay commission TO agents Of
companies which request that such course be
taken.
John l.. Sullivan, the pugilist, was seized
with fainting fit at Wilkesbarre, Pa, Friday
morning. the result OF q dizziness arising
from long ride on train A brisk walk
effected a speedy cure, and at an exhibition
in the evening the champion was In excellent
condition
wrecked.
SANTA CRUZ Cal, April 12-The bark J.
W. Leaver, 22O tons, from San Francisco
for Port Oxford, Ore. with hay and salt, lost
her rudder during the gale Saturday and
yesterday ran ashore and became total loss
at Point New Year, three miles from here
John Brown, second mate; Anderson, a
sailor, and Chinese cook were drowned
Poisoned Head-Cheese.
BAY CITY, Mich. April IA. A Nc
knight, wife, two daughters, Miss Smith, a
guest, Miss Baker, boarder, and a servant
girl, were poisoned Sunday night by eating
head-cheese. All are out Of danger except